Now, the actual article is something every PR pro should read as it details coming shifts in the news media with a greater focus on competing with edgier in-depth news outlets like Vice and infotainment news like BuzzFeed.

What gets me is while every one of these very capable, insightful and highly professional men deserve to be on this cover, it seems not one of them looked around and thought, “hmmm, something’s missing.”

I’m frankly surprised they excluded “Out Front” host Erin Burnett as she is the only female anchor in CNN’s primetime lineup, not to mention the scores of other women who lead media stories in front of and behind the cameras every day.

When Ryan tweeted the cover with the comment “the future of media looks like this,” folks on Twitter were quick to set him straight.

What do you think? Was this a simple omission or does it illustrate a greater problem of inequality in our newsrooms?

Jennifer Jones-Mitchell

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